The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-29
GROWING GREENWOOD,
A Pleasant Wedding Party-The Mar.
ria2e OF Col. John c. Myers and
Miss Annie y. Mayes.

1t falls TO the good fortune Of an edl- |
tor sometimes TO get to wedding, and !
to enjoy the nice things incident to such !
an occasion. This was the luck Of the
HERALD AND News during these Christ
mas holidays. 1t being little unusual,
we will be pardoned for making brief
mention Of some incidents connected
Herewith, Tor really we do not think We
have been t. wedding in so long
time that the memory of man hardly
runneth to the contrary" Tor something
like that.) Our party left Newberry on
Monday for Greenwood, the scene of the
beginning of the festivities. 1t was
pleasant, Jolly, iovial set Of fellows. and
really there were so many Johns in the
party that, in order to distinguish them,
and for short, we had to call some of
them Jack, and doing so We held full
hand" There was John Myers, John
kinard, John FAINT and John Chappell-
four Johns and James Kennerly and this
scribe. At Ninety-Six we were joined
by Miss Annie ReamS, Miss Ella III
nard and Miss Bessie Martin.
At Greenwood we found nice quarters
at Riley's Hotel, where we were COM
fortably cared for and we'll fed, although
some of the boys did hint that they
would have liked to have had a turkey
diuner for supper. Mr. Riley has a nice
hotel, convenient to the depot; large,
comfortable rooms, and he feeds well,
as all travelling men will testify.
Soon after getting to Greenwood we
found Capt. E. C. McCants, the hand
some young editor of the Tribune. Capt.
McCants has only recently Joined the
fraternity and taken charge of the paper.
Greenwood is a growing town and We
have no doubt he will be literally pa
tronized by its many progressive mer-
chants. They could not get along with
out newspaper. No progressive town
can. Judicious advertising pays, as all
live, progressive merchants will tell you,
and there is no place where it pays bet
ter than in your town paper or papers.
We hope the Tribune Will succeed under
its new management.
We found here, too, John Leavell and
Jno.W Payne, two Newberry boys, both
proSpering, as Newberry boys always
do wherever they 60. Mr.. Payne is the
merchant prince of Greenwood, and has
one OF the handsomest stores in the up
country. He is selling dry goods, no
tions and ladies furnishing goods. We
find, too, that he is liberal advertiser,
and he says it pays him. Mr.. Leavell is
in the marble and furniture business
and has good trade. We forgot to say
that both these young men have married
wives and, We suppose, have settled per-
manently in Greenwood. Through the
kindness OF Mr.. Payne, the HERALD AND
NEWS and John Kinard had nice drive
through Greenwood. And we were sur
| prised to see the wonderful growth Of
this thriving village in the past five
years. We believe they now claim a
population of 1000. New houses, new
stores and new school buildings are
going up on all sides, and We were told
that it was impossible to secure house
in Greenwood at this time for any price.
The residences are all handsome and
stylish places. Greenwood, too, has
two f1ourishing white schools, male and
female, and handsome school buildings.
The Misses Giles female school has an
enviable reputation. The male school
is under the charge Of Prof. George {.
Hodges. No town can grow and pros
per without good schools.
On Tuesday morning, at II O'Clock, in
the parlors Of the hotel, Col. John c.
Myers and Miss Annie B. Mayes were
married, the Rev. H. c. Smart of the
Baptist Church officiating. The attend
ants were Mr.. John NJ. Kinard and Miss
Bessie Hill; Mr.. James L. Kennerly and
Miss Ella Kinard; Mr.. John P. FAINT
and Miss Annie Reams; Mr.. J. ". Chap
pell and Miss Bessie Martin.
A nice dinner was served by Mr.. Riley
and the party left on the train for New
berry. The marriage was to have been
at Mr.. John Hills, but owing to the
death of relative of his on Tuesday
morning, it was transferred to the hotel.
Mr.. Hill is a brother-in-law of the bride
Misses kinard and Martin, of the
bridesmaids, accompanied the party to
Newberry, and at night most elegant
supper was spread at Mrs. J. H. NJ.
Ruff 5. A nice party of sixty or seventy
five ladies and gentlemen were present
and enjoyed the festivities to late
hour. There was everything there that
the most fastidious taste could desire.
We got to table with ''Rab" Werts
and Nuns" Buford, and Nuns" said
the HERALD AND News had sustained a
reputation for the past twenty-five years
for doing full justice on such occasions,
and it was our duty to maintain it. and
we tried it but Nuns" and "Rab"
''downed u.s. Well, we enjoyed it, and
yield to them the palm. The HERALD
AND News extends to Mr.. and Mrs.
Myers congratulations.
Not in the Penitentiary.